Kyle Larson goes in-depth on decision to not do the Indy-double moving forward, not done with Indy 500

Kyle Larson‘s days of attempting the Indy-Charlotte Double are over. After two unsuccessful attempts, Larson said Friday that “logistically, it’s just tough.”

“At least on the radar now, I would say no,” Larson told Marty Snider of TNT Sports. “Logistically, it’s just tough. The two years I’ve done it, I’ve had weather get in the mix of it. Even this year, if I didn’t crash out of the 500, I wouldn’t have been able to finish it because of the rain delay we had. Just a lot of stuff, and money, and time and resources that goes into doing the Double. Just attempting it financially — millions of dollars. So, it’s just a big risk to do the Double.”

Larson attempted the Double in 2024 and again this past May. Mother Nature thwarted last year’s attempt. This Memorial Day weekend, it was a combination of that and his own mistakes. The 109th Running of the Indianapolis 500, scheduled for a 12:45 p.m. ET start time, did not get underway until 1:35 due to rain.

Even that was a delayed start, as Scott McLaughlin crashed during the pace laps, ending his day before it truly began. Then, on Lap 1, Marco Andretti wrecked. If that was not enough, it started drizzling around Lap 20, bringing out the caution. Larson then crashed out on Lap 91, ending his race. He was credited with a 27th-place result. Even if he had not crashed out of the race, Rick Hendrick would have had to pull him out of the car to get him to Charlotte Motor Speedway for the start of the Coca-Cola 600. 

Kyle Larson not done with the Indianapolis 500

Larson will not attempt the Double again. That being said, he would like to run the Indy 500 after his full-time NASCAR career is over.

“I obviously wish it had gone better,” Larson said. “I just made a lot of mistakes this May and crashed a few times. Put myself in bad positions. I’ll always be grateful of the chance to get to do the Double. You wish it would have gone better. But still, a lot of fun and a lot of stress throughout those couple of weeks, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.

“… I would love to do the Indy 500 again someday when I’m done full-time racing, just because it doesn’t sit well with me that I made two mistakes in both of the years I’ve done it and didn’t get the finishes I wanted. Still, even if I don’t run the Indy 500 [again], I’m grateful to have gotten to do it. It was a fun experience, but we’ll see what the future holds.”